My Neighbour Totoro Review

My Neighbour Totoro
1950s Japan. When her father Tatsuo, a uni professor, moves the family to a dusty old house to be closer to their sick mum, young Mei takes comfort in a strangely wonderful alternative world haunted by soot spirits and magical creatures.

by Dan Jolin |
Published on
Release Date:

24 May 2013

Running Time:

86 minutes

Certificate:

U

Original Title:

My Neighbour Totoro

A welcome theatrical re-release for Hayao Miyazaki’s tender, gorgeous masterpiece about two young sisters who move house and befriend a cuddly forest spirit (and a catbus). Smartly double-billed with Isao Takahata’s heart-smashing Grave Of The Fireflies — a far less optimistic view of childhood.

An otherworldly tale of childhood and a definitive work of imagination.
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